Stabilized halogen containing polymers



United States Patent US. Cl. 26023 21 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE High molecular weight halogen containing polymeric compositions exhibiting a high degree of stability containing a stabilizing amount of a stabilizing compound having the formula wherein R is a hydrocarbyl group containing from 3 to about 21 carbon atoms, n is an integer having a value of from 1 to 2, X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, ammonium, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and acyl moieties having a hydrocarbyl essentially hydrocarbon residue and containing from about 1 to about 17 carbon atoms inclusive. These stabilizers have proven to be particularly effective in the polyvinyl chloride resin compositions. Included among the preferred stabilizers is thiollauric anhydride, thiololeic anhydride, thiolbenzoic anhydride and thiolstearic anhydride. An additionally preferred stabilization system for such resins, include combinations of such materials as zinc stearate and thiolstearic acid. It is similarly preferred that the resins con tain a small but effective amount of an epoxidized stabilizer such as an epoxidized fat.

This application is a continuation in part of patent application U.S. Ser. No. 586,045 filed on Oct. 12, 1966, now abandoned.

The present invention relates to the stabilization of polymers against degradation and discoloration due to heating. More particularly, it relates to heat stabilization of halogen containing hydrocarbon polymers, especially chlorine containing polymers of vinyl monomers including homopolymers of polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride as well as copolymers of each. Still more particularly, the invention relates to the heat stabilization of such polymers employing certain thiol acids and derivatives thereof which are hereinafter defined.

It is well known that chlorovinyl polymers, and in particular polyvinyl chloride, undergo discoloration and degradation at the elevated temperatures required for operations such as molding and product formation. In order to overcome this problem a suitable amount of a heat stabilizing composition is generally blended with plasticized or unplasticized resinous material prior to molding. One suitable component of commercial stabilizing compositions employed widely today is stearic acid or salts thereof. The stearic acid derivatives have found wide acceptance because they exhibit acceptable performance, are readily available at a low cost and are nontoxic. Unfortunately, stearic acid and its derivatives are unsuitable for general use at the high processing temperatures required to work the rigid, unplasticized polyvinyl chloride and permit discoloration and degradation after a relatively short period of time even at the lower temperatures (i.e., about 310 F.) required for processing of flexible, plasticized polyvinyl chloride. Other known stabilizers for polyvinyl chloride include the organotin "ice compounds, which because of their unusual heat stabilizing properties set a standard for heat stability which is difiicult to equal. However, the organotin compounds have the disadvantage that they are very expensive and toxic, which greatly limits their scope of application.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to overcome and eliminate the deficiencies inherent in the stabilization of halogen containing polymers and to provide improved, heat stabilized polymeric composition in an economically attractive manner.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved, heat stabilized composition comprising poly vinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride homopolymers as well as copolymers.

Another object is to provide heat stabilized chlorovinyl polymers which are colorless, clear, non-blooming, odorless and non-toxic.

Another object of the present invention is to provide novel, heat stable compositions comprising a chlorovinyl polymer and a thiol acid or suitable derivative thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide novel, alkaline earth soaps of a thiol acid useful in the heat stabilization of polyvinyl chloride.

Other objects and advantages inherent in the present invention will become apparent from the following description and disclosure.

The above stated and other objects are generally accomplished in accordance with the present invention by providing a heat stabilized halogen containing polymeric composition containing as a stabilizer an effective amount of a compound of the type:

ing of hydrogen, alkali metal including ammonium, alkaline earth metals, and an acyl moiety of the type wherein R is a hydrocarbyl group consisting essentially of hydrogen and carbon containing from about 1 to about 17 carbon atoms inclusive. The term consisting essentially of hydrogen and carbon refers to substitutec' hydrocarbon moieties containing an occasional or infrequent substituent comprising an element other that hydrogen and carbon, e.g., nitrogen or chlorine whicl does not materially alter the properties of the hydro carbon residue, i.e., remains inert, as well as to purely hydrocarbon moieties. This invention is predicated upor the discovery that the incorporation of, say, 3 perceni of a compound defined above in vinyl chloride polyme1 gives a wholly unexpected improvement in polymer C010] during heat processing as compared with stearic acid lauric acid or benzoic acid and their derivatives after processing at elevated temperatures over a protractet period of time. In the practice of the present inventior it has been found that the incorporation of thiollaurit anhydride into plasticized polyvinyl chloride resin in at amount such that the sulfur content of the mixture i: as low as 0.1% by weight gives an unexpected improve ment in stabilization at high temperatures.

Representative groups of compounds within the scopl of the above-identified formula include the aliphatic thio acids such as the fatty thiol acids, alkali metal soap: of the fatty thiol acids, alkaline earth metal soaps o the fatty thiol acids, as well as the fatty tbiolanhydrides aromatic thiol acids, alkali metal salts of the aromati thiol acids, alkaline earth salts of the aromatic thiol acids, as well as the aromatic thiol anhydrides.

Representative of specific compounds suitable for use in accordance with the present invention include the thiolcaproic, thiolenanthic, thiolcaprylic, thiolpelargonic, thiolcapric, thiolundecanoic, thiollauric, thioltridecanoic, thiolmyristic, thiolpentadecanoic, thiolpalmitic, thiolmargaric, thiolcarboxylic analogs of so-called neo-acids, thiolstearic thiolnonadecanoic, thiolarachidic and thiolheneicosanoic acids, thiolnaphthenic acid, thiolbenzoic acid, phenylthiolacetic acid, methylthiolbenzoic acid, tolylthiolacetic acid, naphthalenethiolcarboxylic acids, as well as the alkali and alkaline earth salts and anhydrides thereof. Compounds containing the same number of carbon atoms as the above but which have unsaturated bonds present, e.g., undecylenic, oleic and thiolcrotonic acids, etc., are likewise suitable.

Representative of preferred specific compounds within such groups include thiolstearic acid, thiolpalmitic acid, thiolversatic acid, thiollauric acid, thiolbenzoic acid, thioltoluic acid, thiolmesitoic acid, zinc thiolstearate, calcium thiolstearate, cadmium, thiolstearate, barium thiolstearate, magnesium thiolpalmitate, zinc thiollaurate, cadmium thiol isododecanoate, mixed thiol fatty acid soaps, zinc thiololeate, thiolstearic anhydride, stearic palmitic thiolanhydride, thiolbenzoic anhydride, thiollauric anhydride, potassium thiololeate, soaps of thioltallates, dodecenyl succinic thiolanhydride, thiolphthalic and thioltetrahydrophthalic anhydride, and the like, as well as mixtures of such compounds.

The following compounds are illustrative of the essentially hydrocarbon moieties containing an occasional and infrequent, inert substituent other than hydrogen and carbon: alpha-hydroxythiolstearic acid, 9,10-dihydroxythiolstearic anhydride, zinc 1l-aminothiolundecanoate, nitro and chlorothiolbenzoic anhydrides.

As indicated above, compounds of the type set forth above are useful in improving the thermal stability of halogen containing polymers including homopolymers as Well as copolymers produced from vinyl halide and vinylidene halide monomers. The compounds of the type set out above are particularly useful in stabilizing halo vinyl polymers. The term halo vinyl polymer as employed herein is intended to mean a polymer produced from a monomeric material of the type:

o=o Y Y where one or more Y represents halogen, preferably chlorine or bromine, but including fluorine and iodine, covalently bonded to a carbon and the remaining Y or Ys represent a hydrocarbon residue or hydrogen. It is to be understood that the stabilizer compounds of the present invention are similarly useful in inhibiting deterioration of post-halogenated polymers such as hydrocarbon polymers chlorinated after polymerization. Representative copolymeric compositions in which the stabilizer compounds of the present invention are useful include, e.g., copolymers of vinyl chloride or vinylidene chloride with themselves or with vinyl carboxylate esters, e.g., vinyl acetate and vinyl stearate, vinyl ethers, e.g., methyl vinyl ether, ethylene, propylene, styrene, maleic and fumaric acids. The stabilizer compounds of the present invention are useful in rigid, unplasticized halovinyl polymers and copolymers as well as plasticized materials. In particular, these compounds are useful in rigid polyvinyl chloride as well as in such polymers containing a plasticizer such as dioctyl phthalate, octyl diphenyl phosphate. Such plasticizers are generally present in an effective amount which is usually between and 60%.

While the stabilizer compounds in accordance with those of the present invention exhibit marked improvement over closely related compounds in the prior art when employed alone, or in various combinations thereof, it is understood that the compounds of the present inven tion can be even more advantageously employed in combination with co-stabilizing additives known in the art which include, for example, chemical compounds of the type: organic phosphites, metallic soaps such as calcium or zinc stearate, fatty acids such as stearic acid, phenolic compounds including substituted phenols, barium or cadmium phenolates, phosphinates, phosphonates, mercaptides and sulfides, epoxidized fatty oils, episulfides and epoxides, indoles, lead soaps, including lead naphthenates, polyols, such as sorbitol or pentaerithritol, esters of aminocrotonic acid, dialkyltin carboxylates or mercaptides, alkylstannoic acids, urea or thiourea derivatives, as well as other additives known in the art of halovinyl polymers stabilization.

It is apparent that the percentage of the fatty thiol compound of the present invention which must be employed in making satisfactory heat stabilized compositions of the present invention in order to achieve the satisfactory improvement in heat stability, will vary over a wide range, depending upon the particular halovinyl polymer in which it is employed, the particular need for stabilization, the particular end use of the resin, the presence of plasticizing or other co-stabilizing additive materials, as well as the time and temperature processing requirements in making a suitable final product. The presence of between about 0.01% and about 10% by weight of the stabilizer compound of the present invention will be sutficient for most applications, although the preferable range is between about 1% and about 5% of said compound on a weight basis.

The thiol acids and anhydrides useful in the present invention can be prepared in accordance with procedures known in the literature as well as from the novel procedures hereinafter specified. Thiolstearic acid, for example, can be prepared from stearoyl chloride and hydrogen sulfide as well as from stearoyl chloride and alkali or alkaline earth salts of hydrogen sulfide. In the practice of the present invention, thiolstearic acid (M.P. 37 -4l C.) has been prepared from stearoyl chloride and hydrogen sulfide in 96 percent yield employing pyridine as a HCl acceptor. The preparation of certain other thiol acids, e.g., thiolmyristic, thiolbenzoic, as well as thiolpalmitic acids has likewise been reported in the literature. They can also be obtained by cleavage of acid anhydrides with hydrogen sulfide. In general, the organic thiol acids are practically colorless at room temperature. It is contemplated that thiol acids can be produced in accordance with two separate, novel and useful processes as follows. Firstly, the production of such acids is contemplated by the reaction of the desired carboxylic acid, e.g., decanoic acid with phosphorus pentasulfide (P 5 to produce the corresponding thiol acid, e.g., thioldecanoic acid. The thiol acid is then separated from side products, e.g., dithioacids, remaining carboxylic acid and phosphorus pentasulfide, for example, by distillation. Another contemplated process route involves the cleavage of fats or other esters of fatty acids employing either hydrogen sulfide under an elevated pressure in the presence of catalysts or salts of hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide pressure in the range of from 100 to 1000 psi. are believed to be suitable for this purpose. The reaction, is represented formulistically below with a glyceride, or fat, wherein R represents a suitable aliphatic hydrocarbon moiety hereinbefore defined:

The above represented process appears highly attractive from an economic standpoint since the glycerides 5 are readily available in commerce at low cost, e.g., tallow fats.

The alkaline earth metal soaps of thiol acids, in particular, the respective zinc, cadmium, calcium, and bariurn soaps of thiolstearic acid are new and useful comethanol solution containing 31.6 grams of barium nitrate was added to the hot, agitated potassium thiolstearate solution. After 10 minutes the hot reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate cooled. A crystalline precipitate was recovered in practically quantitative yield. It was pounds discovered in the practice of the present inven- 5 washed with hot water and dried over P M.P. 162- tion. It has been found that the soaps useful in the pres- 166 C ent invention can be prepared, e.g., by metathetical ex- EXAMPLE 4 change reactions between a suitable alkali thiolstearate 1 t h d salt and a salt of an alkaline earth metal. The soaps can 10 S came an y n 6 also be produced by the reaction of alkaline earth oxides, To 2 0 grams (0 066 mole) of thiolstearic acid in 50 g gfigi ig ifig g gg gsgg g g $1 2 $235 22 5 2315 milliliters of carbon tetrachloride are added 2.1 grams as well as the preparation of thiolstearic anh chic and 05069 mole) of stearoyl chlonde and ten drops of pyrthi lben Oi anh dride are I Sent d below y r idine at 40-50 C. After one hour pyridine hydro- 0 Z c y P e e chloride is removed by filtration, and the filtrate is evapo- EXAMPLE 1 rated to dryness. The resultant solid (5.3 grams; M.P. 7679 C.) is recrystallized from heptane: M.P. 7879 thi l T 62 (0 2 0 l jtj t l'j zlt d 500 (ii; yiegd gractitcliilly 1Etguantla tisve. T3116 colrnpound hasla 0 grams InOe 1 8 arn? 210 111 s arp an in e at ,u an ana yzes correct y. milliliters of ethanol. Was added grams (9- l The heat stabilized polymeric materials of the present 85% P potasslllm 3f P dISSOlVed in 125 rn1ll1- invention can be produced by admixing a suitable amount t 's 0f 211001101, With Stlrflng at 0 The gftat d of the thiol compound of the present invention and a suity was then wafmgd P to Aftel: 30 mlmlfes able halogen containing resin, e g., emulsion or suspengrams (9- 9 0f hy ZlIlc chlorlde sion polymerized polyvinyl chloride, together with other was added, dlssolved 1n 300d m1ll1l1te7r8 0g acohg. The additives desired and then blendmg the mixture 1n suitreaction mixture was Warme 11p o able means known in the art for this urpose. The ret j 2; then q z y filteredl g -h p czoling sulting blend can then be formed into seful end prod- 3 out grams aPPmXkmate Y 0 0 t W) 0 Zinc ucts by known methods including molding, extrusion thiolstearate crystallized out. More product was obtained calendaring o various sheet forming operations. q the mother l meltlllg Polllt of P Zinc The following examples are presented to illustrate the thiolstearate was 92 -95 C. surprisingly improved performance of the stabilizers of EXAMPLE 2 the present invention as compared with the most closely related compounds known in the halo vinyl polymer heat Calcium thiolstearate stabilization art To the slurry of 50 grams (0.167 mole) of thiolstearic EXAMPLE 5 acid in 300 milliliters of ethanol was added 9.4 grams (0.167 mole) of KOH dissolved in ethanol. After 15 The heat stabilized polyvinyl chloride compositions g g gg iifzgaga i' $35 5 figggs gsl gfi set forth in Table I, below, were formulated on the ring After one hour the crude solution was filtered and 40 f9nowing l-DaSis: Geon 103 .EP (homopolymer of polyethahol removed b distillation The residue was ca efulvmyl chlonde) 100 Parts; dloctyl phthalate (plasticizer) I washed with gg ieldin 31 rams of 30 parts; parts stabilizer compound indicated in Table I. giolstearw MP 1, C g g m The various formulations were blended and handed to obtain homogenerous blends and then subjected to a EXAMPLE 3 conventional milling test to determine dynamic heat stam th-ol tearate bility employing mill conditions as follows: front roll, 30

m 1 s f.p.m., 310 F.; rear roll, 42 f.p.m., 315 F.; mp setting To the slurry of 36 grams of thiolstearic acid in 500 0.035 inch. Samples were taken at 10 minute intervals milliliters of ethanol was added 72 grams of a 77% pure during continuous milling and the resulting data relating KOH in ethanol. After 30 minutes a hot aqueous 50 to discoloration are presented in Table I, following.

TABLE I Color at End of Milling Period Stabilizer Initial 10 min. 20 Min. 30 Min. 40 Min. 50 Min. Min. Min. Min. Min.

Zinc Stearate (2 parts) plus White White Light Light Light Light Light Black.

Thiostearic Acid (2 parts). brown. brown brown. brown. brown. Zinc Thiolstearate (3 parts) "so uigldoicuun White do Light Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown.

c Zinc Stearate (3 parts) o spots Thiolstean'c Auhydn'de (3 parts) do White".-. White White White-.." White..." White Lighlt1 w Lighfiow Lilglhtm e 0 e O Thiolstearic Acid (3 parts). .J do do Light Light Light Do.

IOWVH. TOVH. rown. Stearic Acid (3 parts) do Brow-n. Dajrk n 4 I'OW Calcium Thiolstearate (3 parts) do. White Grey Grey Grey Lilght Light E Light n Light Light IOWII. V I'OV 0\VD. 0W1]- Calcium Stearate (3 parts) do Grey Light Brown Brown Brown Brown Brownufl Brown Brown.

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1 Dark brown at minutes. 2 Failure in less than 10 minutes.

3 Brown at about minutes; dark brown about 200 minutes. 4 Failure in less than 20 minutes.

The following further observations were made during these experimentations:

(1) No odor was noticed during processing of the thiol compounds at 315 F.

(2) The stearic acid sample showed color after five C. Then 22 grams of distilled lauroyl chloride were slowly added to the reactor through the dropping funnel. The addition was completed in about 30 minutes, and the reaction was brought to completion by stirring the mixture for about four hours at reflux temperature. A small minutes and failed entirely after twenty minutes whereas amount of pentane (about 20 milliliters) was then added thiolstearic acid showed only a very gradual color deto the solution which was cooled down to room temperavelopment over a total period of 240 minutes. The samture. Thiollauric anhydride crystallized out in good yield ples were practically colorless through 50 minutes and and high purity. Melting point 5254 C. did not become brown until after about 140 minutes of EXAMPLE 8 processing.

(3) Thiolstearic, thiollauric and thiolbenzoic anhy- Pfepafatloll 0f thlololelc anhydrlde dfide sfabililed resins stayed essentially colorless through Molar quantities of thiololeic acid and oleoyl chloride 120 minutes. were reacted under conditions practically identical to PVC resins colltallllng Thlollallnc anhydrlde as those employed in Example 7. 'Ihiololeic anhydride was stabilizer showed better clarity than those stabilized with isolated as a colorless oil which was l i ll pure thiolstearic ydride. without distillation.

(5) The zinc stearate sample showed large black spots EXAMPLE 9 in less than 5 minutes whereas the zinc thiolstearate showed no color for about 30 minutes and did not be- Evaluatlon of stabfllzatlon effect come dark brown until about 120 minutes. The stabilization effects of: thiolbenzoic anhydride,

(6) It was found that zinc thiolstearate as well as thiollauric anhydride, and thiololeic anhydride were evathiolstearic acid used alone showed bloom or migraluated as follows: tion to the surafce of the resin, whereas when used in Three grams of each of the stabilizer candidate were combination with each other the resulting material uneX- blended respectively with 100 grams of polyvinyl chloride pectedly did not bloom, but rather resulted in a clear resin and grams of dioctyl phthalate plasticizer. Each resin. blend was milled at a temperature of 315 F. Samples of (7) When zinc stearate or thiolstearic acid were inresin were removed from the hot mill at ten minute in- TABLE II Color at End of Timed Milling Period Stabilizer Initial 10 20 30 5o 60 70 80 90 Thiobenzoie Anhydride. White and clea.r White White.-. White--- White... White White-.." White-.." Light Yellowish. Thiollaun'c Anhydride .do an "an (in an an dn dn Y iiii vziiii Do. Thiololelc Anhydride d0 .do do do .do .do.. Light Light Yellow Dark yellow. yellow. yellow;

corporated into resins separately, the films produced were cloudy whereas the combination of zinc stearate and thiolstearic acid in the resin unexpectedly gave clear plastic films which were also odorless.

(8) Resins containing about 5% of epoxidizcd fats in addition to the thiol compounds of this invention showed further substantially increased stability as evidenced by improved color.

(9) Related thiol acid esters such as butylthiolstearate provided no significant stabilization.

EXAMPLE 6 Preparation of thiolbenzoic anhydride In 300 milliliters of hot water was dissolved 140 grams of 60% aqueous sodium sulfide. To this solution were added three grams of a commercial wetting agent 1 and 90 grams of disodium acid phosphate hydrate as buffer. After cooling the mixture to 0 C., 280 grams of benzoyl chloride were added with continued stirring of the mixture. The batch tempearture was kept below 15 C. throughout. Thiolbenzoic anhydride was filtered from the reaction mixture, washed with cold water and dried under vacuum at 35 C. The product had a melting point of 47-490 C. and was recovered in 96% yield.

EXAMPLE 7 Preparation of thiollauric anhydride In a reaction flask provided with a stirrer, dropping funnel and an eflicient cold water condenser were dissolved 21.6 grams (0.1 mole) of thiollauric acid in 50 milliliters of benzene. A constant stream of dry nitrogen was sparged through the agitated solution which was warmed up to 60 Aersol AT.Tradema1'k of American Cyanamid.

tervals and examined. The results of this evaluation are shown in Table II, following.

EXAMPLE 10 Preparation of thiolstearic/thiolbenzoic anhydride EXAMPLE 11 Preparation of thiolstearic/thiolacetic anhydride This compound is prepared in a manner identical to that of Example 10 except that one mole of acetyl chloride is used in place of the benzoyl chloride.

What is claimed is:

1. A heat stabilized polymeric material which comprises a high molecular weight halogen containing polymer produced from a monomeric material of the formula where Y is a member selected from the group consisting of halogen, a hydrocarbon residue and hydrogen, and wherein at least one Y represents a halogen radical and a stabilizing amount of a stabilizer compound of the type:

where R is a hydrocarbyl group consisting essentially of hydrogen ammonium, and carbon having from 3 to 21 carbon atoms, 21 is an integer from 1 to 2, and X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and an acyl moiety having a hydrocarbyl essentially hydrocarbon residue and containing from 1 to 17 carbon atoms inclusive.

2. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which R is an aliphatic essentially hydrocarbon group having from 6 to 17 carbon atoms in said stabilizer compound.

3. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which R is an aromatic group.

4. The stabilized material of claim 3 in which R is phenyl.

5. The stabilized material of claim 1 wherein a stabilizing amount of an epoxidized fat is present in the composition as a co-stabilizer.

6. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which X represents hydrogen in said stabilizer compound.

7. The stabilized material of claim 6 in which said stabilizer compound is thiolstearic acid.

8. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which X represents alkali metal in said stabilizer compound.

9. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which X represents ammonium in said stabilizer compound.

10. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which X represents alkaline earth metal in said stabilizer compound.

11. The stabilized material of claim 10 in which X represents calcium in said stabilizer compound.

12. The stabilized material of claim 10 in which X represents zinc in said stabilizer compound.

13. The stabilized material of claim 10 in which X represents barium in said stabilizer compound.

14. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which X represents an acyl moiety having an aliphatic essentially hydrocarbon residue in said stabilizer compound as defined in claim 1.

15. The stabilized material of claim 14 in which X represents an acyl moiety having a hydrocarbyl essentially hydrocarbon residue in said stabilizer compound which has from 6 to 17 carbon atoms.

16. The stabilized material of claim 15 in which said stabilizer compound is thiolstearic anhydride.

17. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which said halogen containing polymer comprises polyvinyl chloride.

18. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which said stabilizer compound is thiolbenzoic anhydride.

19. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which said stabilizer compound is thiollauric anhydride.

20. The stabilized material of claim 1 in which said stabilizer compound is thiololeic anhydride.

21. A composition of matter comprising polyvinyl chloride having incorporated therein a stabilizing amount of a stabilizer comprising thiolstearic acid and a zinc salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of stearic acid and thiolstearic acid.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,997,454 9/1961 Leistner et al. 26045.8 3,322,802 5/1967 Brooks et al. 26O429 3,376,221 4/1968 Butler 252-32.7

DONALD E. CZAIA, Primary Examiner V. P. HOKE, Assistant Examiner.

US. Cl. X.R. 260-45, 429, 502

@2 3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3, 9 Dated August 12, 9 9

InventorQO Walter Stamm It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 3, line 22, the comma between "cadmium" and "thiolstearate" should be omitted.

Column 7, line 2 "surafce" should read "surface-- Column 7, line 65, "MT-#gOC" should read --4749C--.

Column 9, line 2, "ammonium" should be deleted.

Column 9, line 4, -ammonium,-- should be inserted after "hydrogen".

SIGNED AND SEALED APR 281970 4 Aitest:

Edward M. Fletcher, Ii.

WILLIAM E. 'S-OHUYLER, JR. Attestmg Offmer Gomissioner of Patents 

